Super Ikonta BX Film Loading

[chippy]

Will, glad you find it interesting,

at the rate we are going, we are either condemning and pre-maturely digging the grave for your poor old Super Ikonta, or rushing it in to the ER for multiple organ transplants. I haven’t got my Zeiss Ikon book or brochure’s near me and I often get the model numbers mixed up (so many!). But I assume this has 530/2 de-bossed in the back door? With yours I get it confused at times, whether it’s an early 531/2 (before the double exposure prevention added) or considered a late 530/2 with shutter button, door release and albada finder added (which needs resilvering too-just to add to the list 🙂 )---or, if in fact there are both models around. I guess if I dug out my book and brochure it would tell..it appears an early 1936 model by the lens number though

 

[FallisPhoto]

The basic shell, however, was built with the intent that it wasn't to be serviced or replaced and therefore isn't easy to disassemble.

Oh, it can be done, but it isn't easy and it certainly is no job for someone who is not very patient indeed. You have to drill out all the body rivets, use acetone to get through the glue, drill a couple of holes in that tripod socket, so it can be turned out with a pencil point spanner, and so on. Once you get the two body halves apart, then it gets easy, but it is going to be very frustrating getting to that point.

Incidentally, on the 3-4 Ikontas I've done, I don't use glue when I reassemble the shells. Anyplace I found glue when I took the body halves apart, I just put in one or two pieces of waxed (black crayon) black construction paper when I put it back together. This deadens vibration at least as well as the glue did, is more light-tight (where that is a consideration), and it makes it a LOT easier if anyone ever has to take it apart again. The rivets hold it together just fine without the glue.